Hello, I use KDE with the ssh-askpass/ssh-add commands as part of my login .bash_profile. However, when I login the keys are not kept by ssh-add. This worked at RH7.3. Upon login I get the ssh-askpass window pop up. By simply putting echo statements into .bash_profile I can see that the ssh-add command is reached and has the keys. However, once the login process has completed 'ssh-add -l' shows no keys. Also the SSH_ASKPASS variable has changed from '/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass' to '/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass'. I don't use GNOME to login though! The .bash-profile section looks like: if [ "$DISPLAY" = ':0' ]; then eval `ssh-agent` >/dev/null SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass export SSH_ASKPASS ssh-add Echoing the output of 'ssh-add -l' into a file after the 'ssh-add' command shows the keys have been accepted, and, obviously, that that part of the .bash-profile has been reached. Anyone any ideas about this? To get around it I simply enter shh-add once logged in and then re-enter my passphrase. The keys are held for the session then. If no-one has any thoughts, then I'll submit a bugzilla report about it. Regards, John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: jhorne@plymouth.ac.uk PGP key available from public key servers -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list